Southeast Asia

Levanta and ib vogt have secured finance for projects and ACWA Power has leased 500 hectares for its own project.

The Philippines has become the second-largest market for Chinese solar panel exports, likely to power a surge in its rooftop solar market

GCL SI has signed a 1GW module supply agreement with Thailand’s Getz Energy, a subsidiary of utility GPSC.

Norwegian floating solar developer Ocean Sun has entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with ACEN-Silverwolf to establish a framework for deploying utility-scale floating solar installations across selected Asian markets.

The Vietnamese state power utility Vietnam Energy Generation Corporation 1 (EVNGENCO1) has proposed the development of 270MW of floating solar PV capacity on three hydropower reservoirs.

J&V Energy is acquiring a 187MW portfolio of operational solar assets in Taiwan from a fund managed by Global Infrastructure Partners.

TotalEnergies and Nextnorth have reached financial close on, and started construction at, a 440MW solar PV project in the Philippines.

The Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) has launched a tender for 495MW of new solar PV capacity, to be deployed across ten projects.

Singapore-based renewables firm Levanta Renewables has signed an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract with China Energy Engineering Group (CEEC) for a solar-plus-storage project in the Philippines.

Embattled solar manufacturer Maxeon has applied for ‘judicial management’ in Singapore, following a challenging year for the company.